What Our Week Is Gonna Look Like

Brand new, current Teacher's Editions and Tests are on order from Bob Jones and will soon arrive.

Grades 7-11 will be reading novels, and inspirational books; also, Shakespeare. Grade 12 will begin a program of preparing for research and writing research papers.

Monday-Class Read Aloud-material they are assigned
ELA, Grammar/Usage
Grades 7 and 8 will use Bob Jones Workbook
Grades 9-12 will use Teacher prepared material and Teacher chosen materials from Study.com
Types of Sentences

Tuesday-
Read Aloud-material they are assigned
Writer's Workshop Different Types of Sentences
Lesson including student emphasis

Wednesday-Read Aloud-material they are assigned
Ed Tech Cafe
Chromebook use for research, MLA and APA (Grade 12),  vocabulary, grammar

Thursday 
Read Aloud-material they are assigned-summaries and questions
Reading Teams-answer chapter questions
7 God's Smuggler
8 Sherlock Holmes
9 Old Man and the Sea
10 Out of the Silent Planet
11 Red Badge of Courage

Friday Class Meeting 
Informal discussion of successes and needs for improvement;
informal assessment
Read Aloud-material they are assigned

Suggestions: How to Direct Students Writing Research Papers

How to Write a Research Paper in 11 Steps

http://student-tutor.com/blog/how-to-write-a-research-paper-in-11-steps/

Scaffolding Methods for Research Paper Writing

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/scaffolding-methods-research-paper-1155.html

Teacher Guide for Teaching Research

https://assets.cengage.com/gale/tlist/additional/questia_teachers-guide.pdf

Students As Authentic Researchers: A New Prescription for the High School Research Assignment

http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/slr/vol2/SLMR_AuthenticResearchers_V2.pdf

Sample Guideline Research Paper: English 10

https://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/cms/lib5/ca01000508/centricity/domain/1698/sophomore_research_packet.pdf

Sample Guideline RESEARCH PAPER: English 10

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Sample Eleventh Grade Research Writing Student Handbook

https://www.pwcs.edu/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=612821

Sample MLA Formatted Paper

https://depts.washington.edu/owrc/Handouts/Hacker-Sample%20MLA%20Formatted%20Paper.pdf\

And here is great input from our friends.

How to Make Writing Research Papers Relevant for Students

https://www.edutopia.org/research-papers-relevant-rigorous

8 Reasons Why Students Should Still Write Research Papers

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/8-reasons-why-students-should-still-write-research-papers/

And never forget to encourage your student writers that they are well able to discover information and brilliantly express important ideas in clarity with confidence. Write on!

Happy Second Semester

How quickly we got to the second semester! 

Now it is our chance to read our novels together.

We will also concentrate on grammar/usage, and enhancing our writing with more informed use of various types of sentences and use of punctuation to express our thoughts. We will strengthen our vocabulary with academic vocabulary studies.

I view this as the English/Language Arts concentration quarter-as the previous semester included the first quarter as Writing Strategies concentration and the second as Reading Comprehension/Fluency concentration.

And, of course, more Shakespeare!

Students will probably need a new Interactive Notebook, but not a new journal/composition book.

Parents, if you have any questions, suggestions or comments,

 please use RenWeb to email me. Students, too.

Final P. 7 Grade 7 12/21/18

Write a 5 paragraph essay based on this short story including three elements of short stories and evidence from the story to validate your analysis. Include notes, and also rough draft (if available.

Papa's Parrot 
by Cynthia Rylant

http://www.sps186.org/downloads/basic/704521/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Gr4GP1.PreAssmnt_StudBk_17.18FINAL.pdf

Final P. 4 Grade 9 12/20/19

Write a 5 paragraph essay based on this short story including three elements of short stories and evidence from the story to validate your analysis. Include notes, and also rough draft (if available.)

All Summer in a Day By Ray Bradbury

http://staff.esuhsd.org/danielle/English%20Department%20LVillage/RT/Short%20Stories/All%20Summer%20in%20a%20Day.pdf

Final P. 3 Grade 8 12/20/18

Write a 5 paragraph essay based on this short story including three elements of short stories and evidence from the story to validate your analysis. Include notes, and also rough draft (if available.

Amigo Brothers

http://mrslealgarcia.weebly.com/uploads/3/9/1/9/39197753/amigo_brothers_story_-_piri_thomas.pdf

Final P 6 Grade 12 12/19/18

Write a 5 paragraph essay based on this short story including three elements of short stories and evidence from the story to validate your analysis. Include notes, and also rough draft (if available.

You will receive a hard copy of the story. You may mark it as you wish.

When turning in your work, copy of the story, and include notes, and also rough draft (if available.)

Final P. 2 Grade 10 12/19/18

Write a 5 paragraph essay based on this short story including three elements of short stories and evidence from the story to validate your analysis. Include notes, and also rough draft (if available.


The Interlopers
https://www.edco.ie/_fileupload/The%20Interlopers%20-%20A%20short%20story%20by%20Saki.pdf

Final P 1 Grade 11 12/19/18

Write a 5 paragraph essay based on this short story including three elements of short stories and evidence from the story to validate your analysis. Include notes, and also rough draft (if available.


One Friday Morning
by Langston Hughes

https://www.whatsoproudlywehail.org/curriculum/the-american-calendar/one-friday-morning

Writing a Timed Essay

Implementing the Writing Process

http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/implementing-writing-process-30386.html

Timed Writing for Freshman (and other high school resources)

https://sites.google.com/site/timedwritingforhsfreshmen/back-to-basics-the-writing-process

7 Things Every ESL Teacher Should Teach Students About Essay Writing

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator-english/esl-essays/

Timed Essays: Top 5 Tips for Writing Academic Papers Under Pressure

https://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic1/timed-essays-top-5-tips-for-writing-academic-essays-under-pressure/

1. Plan your time wisely.
2. Answer the right question.
3. Collect your thoughts.
4. Leave time to revise.
5. Revise your thesis statement 

Finals Schedule 12/19-12/21 2018

Our final will be an essay.

Wednesday 12/19/18
P 1 Grade 11 8:00-9:30

P2 Grade 10 10:00-11:30

P6 Grade 12 12:05-1:35

Thursday 12/20/18

P 3 Grade 8  8:00-9:30

P4 Grade 9 10:00-11:30

Friday 12/21/18
P 7 Grade 7 8:00-9:30
P 5                10:00-11:30 

Merry Christmas! 

 

Grade 12 Practice Literary Analysis #2

Write a 5 paragraph essay based on this short story including three elements of short stories and evidence from the story to validate your analysis.

The Gift of the Magi

https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/1-the_gift_of_the_magi_0.pdf

How To Analyze A Short Story

How To Analyze A Short Story
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/introliterature/chapter/how-to-analyze-a-short-story/